The Portland daily press., 1887-10-22

little black satchels, which he ofered IN
carry. but they refused to let them 90 from
their own hands. They were called early
the next morning, ana went over to West
Waterville with Foster, where they con-
AZ ST Albans Sheriff Carr found the how
who drove them. They had come m the
road afoot and asked him if they could get
dinner. He ordered dinner for them at 6is
fathers house, but tney made trade with
paving in advance. They started at once
eonntermanding the dinner order. AT Athens
they hired him to drive them on to Solon.
where he left them at dark. That evening
before appearing at the hotel, they entered
the hank at Solon but finding from the hooks
that the deposits were kept at Norridpe-
wock, they left everything undisturbed. The
door was cracked with the same Jimmy that
was used at Winthrop.
At Dexter Mr. Carr saw Mr.. Barron In the
bank and accosted him thus: 80 you came
near being robbed the other night, Mr.. Bar
ron?"
"What do you mean?" calculated the as
tonished cashier; ''came near being robbed p"
Mr.. Carr showed him the jimmy marks on
the sill where the door had been pried open
Mr.. Barron acknowiedged they had found
the door open in. the morning a few days
before but thought that some petty thief had
broken In to rob the millinery store which
occupied half of the bank room.
Mr. Carr Identified the marks on the door
as made by the same Jimmy that was used at
SolOn and at Winthrop.
Thus he traced the robbers from Dexter to
Winthrop. The reason they did not rob
Dexter bank the first time they tried was, be-
cause of the change that had been made in
the safes The little old-fasioned safe which
had been ia use when the burglars made
been replaced with new safe and they had
not come prepared to tackle anything heav-
ier than the old safe. Mr.. Carr warned Mr..
Barron that the same men would come
again.
A detective from Philadelphia, Taggart,
came to Winthrop two or three weeks after
the robbery, and made fruitless inquir-
les of the non-committal bank men.
He offered to try to buy for the
bank the unnegotiable securities which
had been stolen. He came to Winthrop the
second time and finally made trade where
by Colonel Wing went to Philadelphia and
paid $4,000 for $66. 400 of Unacceptable se-
curities, which were passed by a masked
character in darkened room in an unknown
part of the city. The colonel is confident
the man behind the mask was Jimmie Hope.
Jimmie Hope was afterwards arrested and
sent to Bangor for the Dexter robbery. The
winthrop case was placed in the hands OF
the county attorney of Kennebec county and
Sheriff Gerard of Augusta, who decided to
let Hope go, although the proof against him
and Sheriff Carr.
The three men whom Mr.. Carr identified
as robblng the hanks at Winthrop and So
lon, and committing the first attempt at
Dexter are Sam Perris, johnnie D0bbs and
Jimmie Hope. He is confident that Sam
Perris, Johnnie Dobbs, George Howard and
another committed the second robbery at
Dexter for which Stain is now under arrest.
Hope could not have been with his gang at
that time, as he was in prison in Connecti-
cut
Excitement Down East.
DEXTER, Oct. 81. Conversation with
prominent men here discloses the fact that
up to Thursday the attorneys for the defense
were undecided as to the matter of offering
any test imony in behalf of their clients al
the examin alton tomorrow. 1t is now con-
ceded by many that the testimony of Dexter
people will be sufficient to bind the men
over; Tomorrow will be big day here. II
is said that the mills will shut down, and op.
eratives in Hartland, Corinna, Dover and
other towns have been working over time, in
order to have holiday to attend the exam,
ination.
Attorney General Baker and County At
torney Appleton spent hours tonight in ex-
amining to-morrow's evidence. Baker said
that he had no doubt that Barron's muir.
derers are under arrest. Ex-Gov. Plaisted il
also positive. They think Cromwell may
weaken. He PAGES his cell constantly and
has said that he would rather do anything
than face the crowd tomorrow.
BANGOR, Oct. 21.-Stain and Cromwell, the
alleged Dexter Bank robbers, will be taken
to Dexter on the 715 train tomorrow morn
ing. by Sheriff Brown and Deputy Sheriff
Barker. Stain told a reporter that he would
soon be ready to tell his story. Cromwell
had long talk with the reporters this
morning. The confinement in Jail is telling
on him, and he acknowledges more than ever
told John Harvey about the Dexter matter
but he says that he had read all about it in
the newspapers, and did it to boast.